Automobile-garment.



A. G. SCOTT.

AUTOMOBILE GARMENT. APPLICATION men FEB. 5. mm.

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A. G. SCOTT.

'AUTOMOBILE GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED ms. 5. 1911.

Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Annrn Gr. SCOTT, a citizen of the United State's, and a resident of Anamosajin thecounty, of J ones and State of Iowa, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Automobile-Garments, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relatesto automobile garments designed particularly for use by ladies to be wornover the dress to afford protection against soiling by the vehicle seats and particularly to hold up, cover and protect the lowerend of the dress during entrance or leaving of the vehicle.

The object of the invention is to produce a neat and smart appearing garment which can be readily put on over ythe dress and which will protect the dress without causing any inconvenience tothe wearer and which can be worn on the street as well as in the vehicle. c.

On the accompanying drawings I have shown a garment embodying the various featuresof my invention. Injthese drawings Figure" 1 showsa front view of the garment on a person,

Fig.2 is a rean'view, n V

Fig. 3 is an interior view of the unfolded garment, I v c M:

Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view on plane lt, Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on Fig. 4.

Thegarment shown comprisesv a skirt S suspended from a belt 10 and ayoke. Y extending up from the back of the belt and held in place by straps 11 engaging over the shoulders of the wearer and adapted at their front ends to be secured to the front of the belt in any desired manner, as for example by glove fasteners 12. The skirt comprises a front section or panel 13, a rear section or panel 14 and side sections 15 and 16 the skirt being adapted to be open along the line 17 between the front panel 13 and side section 16, means such as fasteners 18 being provided for closing the skirt.

A strip or band 19 of cloth is secured to the belt 10 or to the inside of the rear panel 15 to form the flap 20 at its lower end. On the inside of the front panel is a band or strip of cloth 21 forming the flap 22 at its lower end, the ends of the front and rear flaps being adapted to be detachably secured together by means of glove fasteners 23. When the garment is to be worn the skirt plane 5 5,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7.

Application filed Februar 5, 1917. Serial No. 146,672.

is opened at 17 and brought around the wearers body and closed by means of the fasteners 18, the yoke being then secured to the wearers waist by the straps .11. The

rear flap 20 is then brought forwardlybetween the legs and is fastened to the front flap 22 by the fasteners 28. hen the flaps are thus brought together they will raise up the lower end of the dress D and will support it loosely within the skirt a distance above the lower end thereof without wrinkling it, the skirt of the garment being of ordinary dress length.

In order to hold the garment skirt down and to further protect the dress, loops or straps 24 and 25 are provided for fastening around the legs. The sides of the skirt are divided a distance upwardly from the lower end as indicated at 26 and 27, the'straps 21 and 25 being secured at their rear ends to the rear edges of the sections 28 and 29' respectively, and the front ends of the straps being adapted to bedetachably secured to the front edges of the sections 28 and 29 by means of suitable fasteners 80. Before the garment is applied the straps are detached and then after the skirt is closed and the flaps 20 and 22 are brought together to raise the dress, the straps are brought around the legs and their front ends fastened, and then the sections 28 and 29 partly encircle the legs. These straps will then also sup port'the bottom of the dress at the sides to keep it from projecting below the skirt, as clearly indicated in Figs. 2' and'5. To enable" the flaps and straps to be readily manipulated after the skirt is closed, the lower end 31 of the frbnt panel is preferably in the form of a flap which can be raised up as indicated in Fig. 5, such raising of this flap exposing the ends of the flaps 20 and 22 and the straps and permitting them to be readily adjusted. After such adjustment the fla 22 is fastened in place by suitable fasteners 32.

The garment may be of different styles and of any desired material. Its construction enables it to be readily and quickly ap plied and adjusted and the skirt will then at all times fully inclose and protect the skirt of the wearers dress without causing inconvenience in walking or in stepping into or out of the vehicle. The yoke Y has a substantial back so as to protect the wearers waist against soiling by coming in contact with the vehicle seat.

I do not of course desire to be limited to the exact construction, form and arrangement described as changes and modifications are no doubt possible which would still come within the scope of the invention.

1 claim as follows:

1. An automobile garment comprising a skirt, a rear flap on the inside of said skirt near the bottom thereof, a front flap on the inside of the skirt near the bottom thereof, and means for detachably securing the ends of said flaps together to form a loop between the legs of the wearer for elevating and supporting the wearers dress.

2. An automobile garment comprising a skirt, a flap on the inside of the front of the skirt near the lower end thereof, a flap on the inside of the rear of the skirt vnear the bottom thereof, means for detachably securing the ends of the flaps together to form a loop between the legs of the wearer for supporting the wearers dress above the bottom of the skirt, and straps inside the skirt near the bottom thereof secured to the skirt sides for receiving the wearers legs to assist in holding up the wearers dress.

8. An automobile garment comprising a skirt having front and rear panels, a flap at the lower end of the front panel and a flap at the lower end of the rear panel, means for detachably securing together the ends of said flaps to form a loop between the wearers legs for supporting the wearers dress above the lower end of the skirt, sections at the lower ends of the skirt sides, and straps for detachably connecting the edges of said sections to secure them to the wearers legs.

4:. An automobile garment comprising a skirt having front and rear panels, a flap at the lower end of the front panel and a flap at the lower end of the rear panel, means for Copies of this patent may be obtained for detachably securing together the ends of said flaps to form a loop between the wearers legs for supporting the wearers dress above the lower end of the skirt, sections at the lower ends of the skirt sides, and straps for detachably connecting the edges of said sections to secure them to the wearers legs, the lower end of said front panel being in the form of a flap adapted to be raised to permit ready access to the loop flaps and the straps.

5. An automobile garment comprising a skirt and a yoke, said skirt having front and rear anels and bein fi ada oted to 0 en,

along one side of the front panel, a flapat the lower end of the front panel, a flap at the lower end ofthe rear panel, means for detachably securing said flaps together to form a loop between the wearers legs for elevating and supporting the wearers dress,

and straps on the sides of the skirt for securing such sides to the legs, said straps assisting in holding up the wearers dress.

6. An automobile garment comprising a skirt and a yoke, said skirt having front and rear panels and being adapted to open along one side of the front panel, a flap at the lower end of the front panel, a flap at the lower end of the rear panel, means for detachably securing said flaps together to form a loop between the wearers legs for elevating and supporting the wearers dress, and straps on the sides of the skirt for securing such sides to the legs, said straps assisting in holding up the wearers'dress, the lower end of said front panel being in the form of a flap to be elevated to expose said loop flaps and said straps.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name this 30th day of January, A. D.,

, ADDIE G. SCOTT.

Washington, 3. it. 

